Senior Electrical Engineer – Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lead

AeroVect; Farmville (VA); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomous tractors. We seek a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to own the electrical architecture and integration systems powering the autonomous tractor platform. You will define harnesses, schematics, fault analysis and electrical standards for a field-deployed fleet.

You will collaborate with mechanical, software and field teams to drive reliability and scalable electrical solutions across current and next-generation platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in electrical engineering in hardware-centric domains (automotive/autonomous systems/robotics)
• Deep expertise in vehicle electrical systems: harness design, power distribution, CAN, grounding, EMC
• Ability to read and own complex wiring diagrams as primary deliverables
• Experience translating field failures into design improvements
• Comfort designing for reliability and serviceability in harsh environments

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end electrical architecture for autonomous tractor platform, including harness design and schematics
• Lead wiring diagrams and schematics for build, integration and field service
• Drive root cause analyses of electrical faults across the deployed fleet
• Define corrective actions with hardware team to improve design and retrofit plans
• Own electrical bring-up and validation, define acceptance criteria and checklists
• Collaborate with harness manufacturers and integrators on build specifications and quality
• Drive selection and qualification of components with focus on reliability and serviceability
• Maintain electrical design standards and documentation practices
• Partner with software/autonomy teams for hardware bring-up and sensor calibration
• Contribute to next-gen platform electrical architectures with higher-voltage systems

Skills

Electrical systems

Schematic design

Root cause analysis

Reliability engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomous tractors. We seek a Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer to own the electrical architecture and integration systems powering the autonomous tractor platform. You will define harnesses, schematics, fault analysis and electrical standards for a field-deployed fleet.

You will collaborate with mechanical, software and field teams to drive reliability and scalable electrical solutions across current and next-generation platforms.